Company
Date Published
Author
Philip Fulcher
Word count
424
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

As monorepos become more complex, understanding the relationships between different codebase components can be challenging, prompting the introduction of a graph visualization feature in Nx that helps visualize these connections. This visualization, available locally, can now also be accessed from the perspective of a Continuous Integration (CI) environment using the affected project graph in Nx Cloud. This new feature provides insight into why certain projects are marked as affected by changes during CI, addressing the challenge of blindly handing work off to CI processes. By analyzing workspace structure, Nx identifies which projects are genuinely impacted by changes, thus optimizing task execution and reducing unnecessary resource expenditure. The affected project graph, accessible in all CI Pipeline Executions in Nx Cloud, allows users to explore and expand project connections to understand and address CI inefficiencies. For those not using Nx Cloud, it offers a free trial to experience these features, with additional resources available for further learning and implementation.